Well, here’s what I was able to make in the time allotted before the yarn shop shipped to the orphanage in Ukraine. I made them thicker than I would have for use around here, hoping that would help. A friend gave me some of her leftover yarns,
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My local yarn shop owner has a customer who adopted three girls from an orphanage in Ukraine, and the conditions horrified her—not because the staff members aren’t trying their hearts out but because conditions are so hard. Her girls were bald because lice is such a problem,
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It’s finished at last! The Wild West baby quilt is done, despite all manner of interruptions. The friend for whose first grandbaby I made it is excited, and she plans to make it a centerpiece of the baby shower late this month. This is my favorite of
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And here is how the center image worked out. The little cowboys will wind up on this quilt somehow, I hope, but…to be continued!
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More fiddling around, but I think I’m getting closer to an idea I like for the corners of the quilt, along with a border (or maybe binding) I like.
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